Upgrade from a 1060 3GB to an RX 580 8GB?

WatrevirJan 11, 2019, 5:32 AM

Title says it all really. I made the mistake of getting a 1060 3GB instead of 6GB a couple of years ago and I'm finding that it's starting to struggle with high texture load with newer games even at 1080p. I need more memory, but I'm limited to about £180. The 580 is quite a lot cheaper than the 1060 6GB - would I notice much of a difference from my card?

RX 580 Is slightly bad in performance when it compared with the 1060 6GB but in your case it will be a advantage having it because moving from 3GB VRAM to 8GB VRAM is something much to consider over that performance gap especially in nowadays games as you’ve mentioned.

So if not planning to buy another 1060 with 6GB VRAM then this one will be fine. But AMD is also announcing a new family of GPUs soon… it will be good if can be patient and give it some time to see what exactly it is.

IMO it would be better to save up the pennies for a while and make a more meaningful upgrade. The difference will be slight for most things unless they are very memory intensive. With the looming 1160 release as well as the supposed AMD GPU release I would probably take a wait and see attitude.

There is a good hierarchy list here on Tom's that shows a recommended upgrade path to maximize spending, in that only GPU so many tiers up are recommended for best result.

Nirmith where are you getting the info? The 580 on average is better than the 1060 plus it has better support for DX12 and Vulkan. The 3GB 1060 is not just short of VRAM it has a fair few cores hacked off too.

They also haven’t breathed a word of Navi at CES so we’re not likely to see them until at least Q3 2019. 7 months from now.

Nirmith where are you getting the info? The 580 on average is better than the 1060 plus it has better support for DX12 and Vulkan. The 3GB 1060 is not just short of VRAM it has a fair few cores hacked off too.

They also haven’t breathed a word of Navi at CES so we’re not likely to see them until at least Q3 2019. 7 months from now.

Yes I see 3GB version is lack of some CUDA cores… But when comparing 1060 6GB and 580 I don’t think that RX would gain anything other than much compatibility in DX12 and making little bit better texture detail. So far 1060 6GB slightly ahead in performance especially in GTA V, Fortnite and LOL there will be 32% more performance in GTX over RX. Also RX is doing only at 1340MHz at top while 1060 is doing it at 1708Mhz. definitely RX can’t be the best but at the moment it is the best option if we consider the $. Isn’t it?

Depending on budget, seeing used Rx 480 cards on eBay earlier for about 120. Which should be almost the same as the 580. The 580 would be slightly faster though. But for that money, you might be able to sell the 1060 you have, and come out with an almost free upgrade.